Henry of Bohemia

Henry of Bohemia (1265-2 April 1335) was King of Bohemia from 3 July 1307 to 31 August 1310, succeeding Rudolf I of Bohemia and preceding John the Blind. Henry took power after the assassination of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia in 1306 and the overthrow of Rudolf, only to prove a weak ruler and be overthrown in 1310.

Biography
Henry was born in 1265, the son of Meinhard II of Gorz-Tyrol and Elisabeth of Wittelsbach; he was the maternal grandson of Otto II of Bavaria. In 1295, he was granted his father's estates in Carinthia and Tyrol, and he became the brother-in-law of Albert I of Germany. In 1306, he married Anna Premyslova, sister of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia. After Wenceslaus was murdered, Henry was chosen as the new King of Bohemia; Rudolf I of Bohemia, his predecessor, had not been welcomed as the new king after his death. Henry had to rival Albert I of Germany for control of Bohemia, and Albert's assassination in 1308 ended the threat to his rule. Henry turned out to be a weak and wasteful ruler, and Henry VII of Germany sought to take power for his son John the Blind; John marched on Prague with an army of troops from the Holy Roman Empire. On 31 August 1310, John was crowned as King of Bohemia, replacing Henry, who was powerless to resist. Henry was forced to retire to Carinthia, where he died in 1335, never regaining power.